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Possible link studied between childhood abuse and early cellular aging

Possible link studied between childhood abuse and early cellular aging

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Children who suffer physical or emotional abuse may be faced with accelerated cellular aging as adults, according to new research from Butler Hospital and Brown University.


Discovery in worms points to more targeted cancer treatment

Discovery in worms points to more targeted cancer treatment

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Researchers at Queen's University have found a link between two genes involved in cancer formation in humans, by examining the genes in worms. The groundbreaking discovery provides a foundation for how tumor-forming ...


Forget all about it: Traumatic memories can be erased

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

It is well known that fear memories are permanent. However, a recent paper in Science, evaluated by three Faculty Members for F1000, reports an extraordinary finding that supports the use of a drug to control recollections of tra ...


Bacterium helps formation of gold

Bacterium helps formation of gold

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Oct 07, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Australian scientists have found that the bacterium Cupriavidus metallidurans catalyses the biomineralisation of gold by transforming toxic gold compounds to their metallic form using active cellular mechan ...


Misfolded proteins: The fundamental problem is aging

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Aug 24, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (9) | comments 2

Proteins are essential for all biological activities and the health of the cell. Misfolded and damaged proteins spell trouble and are common to all human neurodegenerative diseases and many other age-associated diseases. ...


Researchers shed light on the brain mechanism responsible for processing of speech

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Aug 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have succeeded for the first time in devising a model that describes and identifies a basic cellular mechanism that enables networks of neurons to efficiently decode speech ...


Generation of a severe memory-deficit mutant mouse by exclusively eliminating the kinase activity of CaMKIIalpha

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Jun 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A Japanese research group, led by Dr. Yoko Yamagata of the National Institute for Physiological Sciences, has successfully generated a novel kinase-dead mutant mouse of the CaMKIIalpha gene that completely and exclusively ...


Discovery of a new retinal gene involved in childhood blindness

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Mar 05, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The team of Dr. Robert Koenekoop which includes Dr. Irma Lopez from the Research Institute of the MUHC at the Montreal Children's Hospital played a crucial role in the international collaboration that led to the discovery ...


Brainwaves could help understanding of mental health disorders

Brainwaves could help understanding of mental health disorders

Medicine & Health / Research

created Feb 23, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of Aberdeen have unlocked the details of a communication process that helps to generate the brainwaves that allow us to think and learn.